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ворогъ

ворогъ

Old East Slavic

Noun

ворогъ (vorogŭ) m

  1. an enemy, foe
    • 1377, Лаврентьевская летопись (Laurentian Codex), the Primary Chronicle, s.a. 6603 (1095):
      [] се тꙑ не шелъ ѥси с нама на поганꙑꙗ . иже погубили суть землю Русьскую . а се у тобе есть Итларевичь . любо убии любо и даи нама . то есть ворогъ Русьстѣи земли.
      [] se ty ne šelŭ jesi s nama na poganyja . iže pogubili sutĭ zemlju Rusĭskuju . a se u tobe estĭ Itlarevičĭ . ljubo ubii ljubo i dai nama . to estĭ vorogŭ Rusĭstěi zemli.
      [] you did not fight with us against the pagans that destroyed the land of the Rus, while you keep the son of Itlar - either kill him or give him to us, for he is the enemy of Rus.

Declension

Related terms

  • ворожа (voroža, enchantment)
  • ворожениѥ (voroženije, augury, enchanting)
  • ворожеꙗ (vorožeja, enchantress)
  • ворожити (vorožiti, to augur, enchant)

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References

  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), ворогъ”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 302